Six Men Charged In Texas Over Buying Rifles And Ammo For The Sinaloa Cartel

[Judi Lynn]

The men were looking to make the purchases at a gun show held in El Paso
Demian Bio Demian Bio @bio_demian / Published Feb 21 2025, 8:46 AM EST


Six men have been indicted by a federal grand jury over attempts to buy guns and ammo in Texas to later smuggle across the border to the Sinaloa Cartel.

Concretely, the men were charged with counts of trafficking in firearms, straw purchase of guns and making false statements.

The men were spotted by undercover agents at a gun show in El Paso in late January. They saw one of the men, Daniel Feliciano Ayala Murillo, directing two people to buy a rifle and 2,000 bullets, the complaint affidavit said, according to Border Report. Another man, Elvin Sebastian Ibarez, also showed a similar behavior.

The agents, working for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, had seen Ayala and Ibarez giving people cash outside the show. They all then drove away but were later arrested by authorities. Ayala said he is a member of the Sinaloa Cartel and intended to deliver the weapons across the border. He added that he hired his nephews with his mission, while Ibarez claimed to be hired through social media and paid $100 for each gun purchased.

More:
https://www.latintimes.com/six-men-charged-texas-over-buying-rifles-ammo-sinaloa-cartel-576351